Re: Listy's Themed Quiz * Egypt * 22/01

"Quiz-Master" <pubquizzer@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 3) Creator of the universe, which god took the form of a solar disc?

Ra

> 4) Now in the British Museum, name the granite stone discovered in 1799 by
> Pierre-François Bouchard containing Egyptian and Greek, using three scripts,
> Hieroglyphic, Demotic Egyptian and Greek?

Rosetta.

> 6) Which Sixth dynasty ruler of Egypt's Old Kingdom is generally thought to
> have ruled for 94 years making his reign the longest of any monarch?

Rameses II. When in doubt, always try Rameses II.

> 7) With the exception of the Great Pyramid of Giza, this ancient wonder of
> the world survived the longest, it was destroyed by two earthquakes in 1303
> and 1323, name it.

Lighthouse at Pharos?

> 10) What name is given to the indigenous form of Christianity that was
> established by the apostle Mark in Egypt around 42 AD?

Coptic?

> 11) Son of Neith, he symbolised the fertility of the Nile River and
> the authority of the pharaohs, what type of creature was the
> Egyptian God Sobek?

Crocodile

> 12) Which group released the single 'Walk Like An Egyptian' in 1986?

Now we're talking: The Bangles

> 15) Which popular tourist resort overlooking the Strait of Tiran at the
> mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba saw a series of bombings in 2005?

Aw hell. I knew people there ... Aaagggh! Can't remember.

> 17) Adviser to King Zoser, he was probably the architect of the so-called
> Step Pyramid at Sakkara, which physician did the Greeks identify with their
> own god of healing Asclepius?

Imhotep (Ian has arrived in the office. He knows a lot more about
Egypt than me)

> 18) Which town is home to the Great Sphinx?

Cairo

> 19) One of the most familiar of Egyptian hieroglyphs, it resembles the
> Christian cross, with a loop above the transverse bar. What is this
> hieroglyphic charcater called?

Ankh

> 20) Which legendary actor is also one of the world's best known contract
> bridge players?

Omar Sharif
.

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